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Review The disappearance of Stephanie Mailer – Joël Dicker
29 January 2023

Review The disappearance of Stephanie Mailer – Joël Dicker

The book ‘The disappearance of Stephanie Mailer’ starts with Jesse Rosenberg celebrating his going away party at the police station. He has decided that he wants to do something else with his life, something he has thought of for years. Now it’s time to say goodbye to his old job. He gets lots of compliments from all the big bosses. They call him the 100% man, meaning that he finished each and every case with a grade of 100 %.

Disappearance

There is one person at the party, however, who disagrees. She tells him his very first case has never been solved. The person he arrested was not the perp, somewhere someone is still living a free life, while being a murderer. He doesn’t believe her and gets angry. But when Stephanie Mailer disappears he rethinks her theory. What did she know that he didn’t and was she right? He visits his old colleague and friend and they both decide to re-open this old case.

Twenty years ago

It all happened 20 years ago, on July 30, 1994, when the new theatre was opened. The mayor of the town and his family, was murdered. Soon after they found the murderer, but during his arrest he was killed. Case closed. Now, exactly 20 years later they re-open the case and with this a whole can of worms is opened as well.

Personal lives

We get to know the characters’ personal lives page by page. It reads like a thrilling novel. Slowly everything comes together. But til the very last page we still don’t know who the murderer was and is… The hardcover book of 633 pages is hard to put down. It took me about a week to finish, but I couldn’t get it out of my mind. Very well written with so many twists to the story, I felt a little bereft when I finished it.

Joël Dicker

Fortunately the author Joël Dicker wrote more books. He was born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, where he studied law. When he started to write, his first novel got him so many prizes, all his other books were translated into 30 different languages as well. Please check him out! You won’t regret it.

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Review The Maid – Nita Prose
18 December 2022

Review The Maid – Nita Prose

What a surprisingly good book. Well written, with lots of humor ‘The Maid’ is also sensitive and strong. I was sad to see it end. The story is about Molly who has been raised by her nanny. She never met her parents, but doesn’t feel like she missed out on anything.

Nanny

Her nanny raised her well and lovingly. She always gave Molly good advice and whenever they both felt a bit down their best remedy was to clean. No wonder Molly finds a job in a very prestigious 5-star hotel when she grows up. Molly is socially awkward though. Het co-workers don’t like her much and tease her behind her back. But nanny is always there to make her feel better.

Job

And Molly absolutely loves her job. She is proud to work in such a beautiful hotel and wants to clean rooms the best she can. And she is the best! It’s no wonder that guests love her. Especially the lady Giselle, who is married to a very successful and rich businessman. The man treats her bad though and Giselle confides in the maid. Who else is always in the background and never gets any attention from anyone?

Death

Then something terrible happens in the life of Molly. First her beloved nanny dies after an illness nobody can treat. Molly’s only other friend in the world runs off with their savings. Who else can she turn to for help? There is the handsome barman who seems to be just as much in love with Molly as she is with him. Surely Rodney will take care of her?

Favor

But first Rodney want Molly to do him a favor. Molly can’t think of a better way to win him over. Juan Manuel, the dishwasher, lost his work visa. Now isn’t Rodney the very best friend to want to help him out? If only Molly will help him, too. Then trouble for Molly starts. She finds Giselle’s husband in his room, murdered.

Suspect

And Molly is the suspect. She was the one to find him and she is the one telling tales and lies. She relies on het friends to bail her out. Where are they and why does it take them so long? Fortunately Molly finds out just in time who her real friends are. And all’s well that ends well. Something her nanny used to say.

Nita Prose

Nita is a long time editor and decided to try and write het own books. And we are glad! She lives in Canada and her own house is just moderately clean.

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Review When the king dies – Elina Backman
30 October 2022

Review When the king dies – Elina Backman

In the story of ‘When the king dies’ we learn about Saana who loses her job as an online editor and decides to spend the summertime with her aunt in Hartola. Soon she is bored stiff in this sleepy little town. When her aunt tells her a story about an unsolved murder mystery that happened years ago, Saana can’t resist to do some research.

Police

At the same time the police works on a new murder case. Has this anything to do with the murder that happened 30 years ago? It seems very unlikely. Still there are some facts that are remarkable like the ones from the earlier murder case.

Love

Another reason Saana moved from Helsinki to Hartola is to get over a broken relationship. While police officer Jan has no time for love. Friends beg to differ, however, and get the two together for a blind date. Will it be love at first sight or are they both too busy? After all, Jan is working on the new murder while Saana works on the unsolved case from many years ago.

Together

On the other hand, the murder cases might just bring them together, both in work and in life. I don’t think I will spoil anything when I tell you: But of course they do! This book is anything but a predictable, sappy story, though. It’s humorous, the storyline is exciting and the writing is excellent.

When the king dies

‘When the king dies’ is the debut of Elina Backman. It’s her first book in a series that’s doing remarkably well in Finland. For now, the first book is the only one translated. Good news: the second one will follow shortly and is almost here. This book is also known as: ‘All the king’s men.’

Elina Backman

Elina Backman is creative director of a big media company. She was born in 1984 in Finland and lives with her family in Helsinki. I hope she will keep on writing to supply us with more wonderful books to read. I can’t wait for the follow up on this first one.

 

 

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